Scott or Shackleton… who was the greatest British polar explorer of the Heroic Age? It's a matter of opinion, of course, but ...

When the philosopher and polar explorer Peter Wessel Zapffe asked Roald Amundsen what he felt when he stood at the South Pole, Amundsen stared at him for a long time and said nothing. This led ...

The month of May has been home to many historical events over the years. Here's a look at some that helped to shape the world ...

He grew up in Knocknagoshel drinking in the heroic tales of our very own Tom Crean and was equally fascinated by the stories of other polar greats ... the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen ...

For centuries the search for a polar trade route had indeed consumed—and bettered—more-experienced explorers, until Roald Amundsen successfully sailed it between 1903 and 1906. Today the ...

The Brooklyn Bridge reopens to vehicle traffic for the first time in almost three years on May 12. The bridge was closed in ...

(AP) — A bitcoin investor who bought a SpaceX flight for himself and three polar explorers blasted off ... signature of Oscar Wisting, who with Roald Amundsen in the early 1900s became the ...

Henry Bowers the same day, makes clear the reason for Scott’s despair: The Norwegian flag flying above the tent had been left by the explorer Roald Amundsen ... the annals of polar exploration.

Explorer Robert Scott built a hut at Cape ... (A Norwegian expedition led by Roald Amundsen nearly three years later would be the first to reach the pole.) Scott built the third hut at Cape ...

Many people reassessed their lives during the Covid-19 pandemic. Mark Synnott, an accomplished mountaineer and writer, decided it was a good time to refit his sailboat, the Polar Sun, and navigate ...